Byzantine Emperor Manuel II meeting King Henry IV of England in London in 1400. The Battle of Ankara in 1402 halted the Ottoman advance into Europe and improved the bleak prospects for the Byzantine Empire. The fall of Constantinople to the enemies of Christendom seemed almost certain until unexpected catastrophe for the Turks occurred on the plains of Anatolia. Tamerlane and the Ottoman Defeat at the Battle of Ankara draculachronicle.com/2018/08/12/tam… via @draculachronicle #Tamerlane #Timur #Bayezid #OttomanEmpire #BattleofAnkara #MirceatheOld #MirceacelBatran #ByzantineEmpire #Constantinople #ManuelII #HenryIV #London















